Chile: Isabel Allende Withdraws 2017 Presidential Election Candidacy

SANTIAGO, Chile - Just a month after Isabel Allende Bussi presented herself as a candidate in next year's presidential election, the first female leader in the 83-year history of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS) and daughter of famed former leader Salvador Allende has withdrawn from the race.

The 71-year-old Santiago native announced her intention to campaign for the presidency to colleagues at the general council of her party just days before the 43rd anniversary of her father's death in the Moneda, the Chilean seat of power, in September.

"I have explicitly stated my desire to be the presidential candidate and I pointed out the need for broad citizen participation in determining the leadership of the New Majority," Allende Bussi said in reference to her future plans and the Chilean center-left's political alliance.

Allende Bussi's calls for "broad citizen...